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PuntEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Egyptian p-wn:n-t:N25 (pwnt).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puntEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.
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Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puntEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punto.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puntEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and pound.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PuntEnglish · e-38699-4556
Punt, punt, n. a flat-bottomed boat with square ends.—v.t. to propel, as a boat, by pushing with a pole against the bottom of a river: to kick the ball (in football) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the h
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Punt, punt, v.i. to play at basset or ombre.—n. Punt′er, one who marks the points in basset or ombre. [Fr., through Sp.—L. punctum, a point.]
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